| Ameiva ameiva |
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| Adult, eating a bee |
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| Juvenile |
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| Scientific classification |
| Domain: |
Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Reptilia |
| Order: |
Squamata |
| Family: |
Teiidae |
| Genus: |
Ameiva |
| Species: |
A. ameiva |
| Binomial name |
Ameiva ameiva
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| Subspecies |
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Ameiva ameiva ameiva
Ameiva ameiva fischeri
Ameiva ameiva fulginosa
Ameiva ameiva laeta
Ameiva ameiva melanocephala
Ameiva ameiva ornata
Ameiva ameiva petersi
Ameiva ameiva praesignis
Ameiva ameiva vogli |
| Synonyms |
- Lacerta ameiva Linnaeus, 1758
- Ameiva ameiva bilineata
- Ameiva ameiva petersi
- Ameiva americana
- Ameiva bifrontata
- Ameiva guttata
- Ameiva litterata
- Ameiva panchlora
- Ameiva pleurotaenia
- Ameiva surinamensis
- Ameiva surinamensis var. aquilina
- Ameiva surinamensis var. atrigularis
- Ameiva vulgaris
- Cnemidophorus maculatus
- Lacerta ameiva
- Lacerta graphica
- Lacerta litterata
- Lacerta tristriata
- Seps surinamensis
- Teius tritaeniatus
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Ameiva ameiva, also known as the giant ameiva, green ameiva, South American ground lizard, or Amazon racerunner, is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae found in Central America, South America, and some Caribbean Islands.